An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an Iraqi family, and the insurgents who plant the roadside bomb.
In Battle for Haditha the British filmmaker Nick Broomfield revisits a wretched chapter of the war in Iraq.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
7 May 2008
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Unsubtle but gripping, Battle For Haditha illustrates how a military that treats every man, woman, and child as a potential enemy can soon find that such thinking constitutes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
8 May 2008
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It might just be the movie this war has been waiting for.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
9 May 2008
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Films about the Iraq war continue to come and, I hope, will keep coming. Among the most recent, The Battle for Haditha is especially notable.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
27 May 2008
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Lacking in subtlety and nuance, Broomfield's nerve-jangling movie nonetheless succeeds in showing the war from various vantage points. And from wherever one's standing, the view is profoundly disturbing.